In honor of Women’s History Month, I will regularly post information on famous African American women.  Today’s woman is Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who was born on March 1 and became the first African American woman who earned her M.D. in 1864.

For more information about Dr. Crumpler, visit the following links below:

National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_73.html

PBS:                  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/early/e_pioneers_crumpler.html

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Published by KRLemmons

Retired Library Media Specialist/Teacher.

2 thoughts on “Rebecca Lee Crumpler: First African American Female Doctor”

  1. Thanks for the history lesson. I had my 11 year old doing book reports during black history month and I’ve decided to extend it since he enjoyed it so much. I will have to add Dr.Rebecca Lee Crumpler to the list.

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